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The Secret Sacred

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Hardback
Book The Secret Sacred Stone
Libristo code: 48168773
Publishers Reaktion Books, October 2025
The Secret Sacred explores the hidden religious practices of the classical world. These cults, shrou... Full description
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The Secret Sacred explores the hidden religious practices of the classical world. These cults, shrouded in secrecy, promised initiates a transformative afterlife. While many rituals remain mysterious, artworks and historical texts provide glimpses of their underlying beliefs.

The book examines Greco-Roman religious traditions and their divergence into mystery cults, including Bacchic ceremonies depicted in frescoes, Orphic gold tablets guiding souls in the underworld and the Eleusinian Mysteries celebrating Demeter and Persephone’s cycle of rebirth. Eastern deities like Mithras, Isis and Cybele also feature in the cults discussed. The possible influence of mystery religions on early Christianity is also explored, drawing parallels with modern-day beliefs.

Featuring the most recent archaeological discoveries and stunning museum artefacts, this is a lively account of the concealed faiths of the ancient world.

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Full name The Secret Sacred
Author Stone, Damien
Language English
Binding Book - Hardback
Date of issue 2025
Number of pages 240
EAN 9781836391098
ISBN 1836391099
Libristo code 48168773
Publishers Reaktion Books
Weight 454

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